As a Chicago-born math major, canon lawyer and two-time superior of his global Augustinian religious order, the 69-year-old pope presumably can read a balance sheet and make sense of the Vatican’s complicated finances, which have long been mired in scandal.

Improvements in health care in Eswatini have relied for years on Pepper and the generosity of the American people. During the height of the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic, Eswatini’s population plummeted, and life expectancy dropped from 61 in 1988 to 44 by 2003.

Vatican News has begun removing artwork by Father Marko Rupnik from its website.

What did Papa Francisco see that we need to see? What tools do we have so we can choose correctly? And how do we act following our discernment?

The Holy Spirit "writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of everything,” the pope said.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sebastian Gomes

Blessed Carlo Acutis offers a counterexample for our digital age: a teenager who embraced technology not as an escape, but as a tool for communion—with others, and with God.

A Reflection for the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, by Leilani Fuentes

“Carney is responding to the [immigration] backlash but also to the Trump effect, which is placing more pressure on Canada to tighten its border.”

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy announced that the Archdiocese of Washington will cut spending and reduce its workforce to address “crippling economic challenges.”